Latest Department of Justice news

Nigerian man pleads guilty to attempted $6 million BEC email heist

Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo, a 29-year-old Nigerian national extradited from Canada to the United States last April, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering through business email compromise (BEC).
- Bill Toulas
- September 22, 2023
- 03:24 PM
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Russian hacker convicted of $90 million hack-to-trade charges

Russian national Vladislav Klyushin was found guilty of participating in a global scheme that involved hacking into U.S. computer networks to steal confidential earnings reports, which helped the criminals net $90,000,000 in illegal profits.
- Bill Toulas
- February 15, 2023
- 03:39 PM
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New York man defrauded thousands using credit cards sold on dark web

A New York resident has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud using stolen credit cards purchased on dark web cybercrime marketplaces.
- Bill Toulas
- January 18, 2023
- 12:06 PM
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FBI seized domains linked to 48 DDoS-for-hire service platforms

The US Department of Justice has seized 48 Internet domains and charged six suspects for their involvement in running 'Booter' or 'Stresser' platforms that allow anyone to easily conduct distributed denial of service attacks.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 14, 2022
- 04:20 PM
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U.S. govt seizes domains used in 'pig butchering' scams

For the first time, the U.S. Department of Justice seized seven domains that hosted websites linked to "pig butchering" scams, where fraudsters trick victims of romance scams into investing in cryptocurrency via fake investment platforms.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 24, 2022
- 08:12 AM
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US charges BEC suspects with targeting federal health care programs

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged ten defendants for their alleged involvement in business email compromise (BEC) schemes targeting numerous victims across the country, including U.S. federal funding programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 18, 2022
- 12:26 PM
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U.S. seized 18 web domains used for recruiting money mules

The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service have seized eighteen web domains used to recruit money mules for work-from-home and reshipping scams.
- Bill Toulas
- November 11, 2022
- 01:05 PM
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U.S. unmasks hacker who stole 50,000 bitcoins from Silk Road

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced today the conviction of James Zhong, a mysterious hacker who stole 50,000 bitcoins from the 'Silk Road' dark net marketplace.
- Bill Toulas
- November 07, 2022
- 03:23 PM
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Z-Library eBook site domains seized by U.S. Dept of Justice

Internet domains for the popular Z-Library online eBook repository were seized early this morning by the U.S. Department of Justice, preventing easy access to the service.
- Bill Toulas
- November 04, 2022
- 01:53 PM
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Russian RSocks botnet disrupted after hacking millions of devices

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the disruption of the Russian RSocks malware botnet used to hijack millions of computers, Android smartphones, and IoT (Internet of Things) devices worldwide for use as proxy servers.
- Bill Toulas
- June 17, 2022
- 10:17 AM
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FTC fines Twitter $150M for using 2FA info for targeted advertising

The Federal Trade Commission has fined Twitter $150 million for using phone numbers and email addresses collected to enable two-factor authentication for targeted advertising.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 25, 2022
- 05:51 PM
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US links Thanos and Jigsaw ransomware to 55-year-old doctor

The US Department of Justice today said that Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez (Zagala), a 55-year-old cardiologist with French and Venezuelan citizenship residing in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, created and rented Jigsaw and Thanos ransomware to cybercriminals.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 16, 2022
- 04:46 PM
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U.S. DoD tricked into paying $23.5 million to phishing actor

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced the conviction of Sercan Oyuntur, 40, resident of California, for multiple counts relating to a phishing operation that caused $23.5 million in damages to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
- Bill Toulas
- May 02, 2022
- 08:45 AM
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FBI adds Russian cybercrime market owner to most wanted list

A Russian national has been indicted by the US DOJ and added to the FBI's Cyber Most Wanted list for allegedly creating and managing a cybercrime marketplace.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 23, 2022
- 07:05 PM
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US indicts multiple call centers for IRS, Social Security scams

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the indictment of several India-based call centers and their directors for targeting Americans with Social Security, IRS, and loan phone call scams.
- Bill Toulas
- February 04, 2022
- 12:02 PM
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Russian hackers made millions by stealing SEC earning reports

A Russian national working for a cybersecurity company has been extradited to the U.S. where he is being charged for hacking into computer networks of two U.S.-based filing agents used by multiple companies to file quarterly and annual earnings through the Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) system.
- Ionut Ilascu
- December 21, 2021
- 12:18 PM
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DOJ: SolarWinds hackers breached emails from 27 US Attorneys’ offices

The US Department of Justice says that the Microsoft Office 365 email accounts of employees at 27 US Attorneys' offices were breached by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) during the SolarWinds global hacking spree.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 30, 2021
- 08:12 PM
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US indicts dark web user 'The Bull' for insider trading

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged an individual for engaging in insider trading on the darknet. Greece-based Apostolos Trovias, known as the "The Bull" frequently used encrypted messaging services and the dark web for soliciting, exchanging and selling inside information.
- Ax Sharma
- July 13, 2021
- 03:52 PM
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US recovers most of Colonial Pipeline's $4.4M ransomware payment

The US Department of Justice has recovered the majority of the $4.4 million ransom payment paid by Colonial Pipeline to the DarkSide ransomware operation.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 07, 2021
- 03:28 PM
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FBI nuked web shells from hacked Exchange Servers without telling owners

A court-approved FBI operation was conducted to remove web shells from compromised US-based Microsoft Exchange servers without first notifying the servers' owners.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 13, 2021
- 08:57 PM
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